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SRA heading for Carter-Ruck showdown in Supreme Court
The High Court has granted the SRA permission to appeal the Carter-Ruck ruling and issued a leapfrog certificate to take it straight to the Supreme Court.
SME law firm group reports “positive” meeting with SRA
The SME & Boutique Law Firm Alliance has described a meeting yesterday with the Solicitors Regulation Authority as “a positive step forward” – but with still a long way to go.
Questions over “drunk barrister” fail to save convicted man’s appeal
The Court of Appeal has rejected a convicted man’s application for third-party disclosure from the Bar Standards Board over claims that his prosecutor was drunk.
Agentic AI could become “default doorway” into justice system
Agentic AI could become the “default doorway” into the justice system, “identifying legal problems before people recognise them and pursuing processes on their behalf”, the Law Society has predicted.
CA overturns ruling that solicitor turned ‘blind eye’ to fraud
The Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling that a solicitor “dishonestly assisted” in misappropriating a company’s funds.
Fraudster turned will writer “should not have certified LPAs”
The Court of Protection has cancelled six lasting powers of attorney because the certificate provider, though a member of the Society of Will Writers, was a convicted fraudster.
AIM-listed professional services group attracts first law firm licensee
A specialist employment law firm is the first to become a licensee with DSW Legal, an arm of AIM-listed professional services business Dow Schofield Watts.
Listed litigation funder goes into run-off after string of losses
An AIM-listed litigation funder that has lost seven of its last eight cases and recorded an £87m loss in its last financial year has entered into an “orderly run-off”.
PE-backed firm’s second big deal in a fortnight leads latest M&A
Private equity-backed Canford Law has made it second major acquisition in a fortnight, with the deals doubling its size nationally amid a host of other M&A announcements.
Birss eyes page limit for litigants in person to state their case
A strict page limit on outlining the case would help judges struggling to cope with litigants in person using AI to draft their claims, the incoming Master of the Rolls has suggested.
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The AI governance gap in law firms and why it matters now
A third of law firms are already using AI tools with no formal policy in place to govern how AI gets used, what data goes into it, or who’s accountable when something goes wrong.
Information isn’t oversight – lessons from the PM Law review
The PM Law review’s real findings perhaps point to a failure mode applying to any organisation sitting on scattered risk information.
AI can do the work but it cannot inherit the lawyer’s duty
What happens when lawyers delegate cognitive work to AI but remain personally responsible for judgements they may no longer have independently reasoned through?
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